Friday, May 6, 2011

Making Friends

The ballpark was full of dogs and fans last friday night. All the dogs were super friendly and the pugs wanted to meet them all. So needless to say there was reaching across the aisles.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Not Luna This Time

The boys have much practice posing for photos and are quite used to the sitting still and knowing the level of expectation when it comes to photo opportunities. Luna, on the other hand is a wiggle worm and tends to ruin many a photogenic moment. In this rare case seen here, Benjamin is the one that makes the picture a mess. I guess he was too bored waiting for everyone else to settle and couldn't contain his yawn. Oh my! Handsome Benjamin ruined the shot! For a change, this time it wasn't Luna who created the blur.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Benny’s Crush

Well, it seems that Benjamin has become enamored with Auntie M, his new caretaker. I didn't see it coming, but my baby Benny has fallen for a new woman. And it's the "other" woman no less! I was eating lunch at my desk texting back and forth with Auntie M as she was sharing the events that were transpiring at home with the kids. Suddenly a text message popped up and it read that she was reporting that one of my boys has a crush on her.

Immediately I believe it to be Henry because as long as you have hands for petting, which Auntie M most definitely does, then Henry will be your best friend. But then I thought about it a bit more and while Henry likes his petting, he's not really a "lover" boy. But Benny, the lover boy, is more typically shy around new people. So I didn't think it would be Ben either. I was stumped and curious.

The follow up message read that Benny was indeed the one that simply adores her. And I am not sure why I was surprised. Auntie M is definitely Benny's "type". I guess it was just the realization of the first crush your son has when it is no longer you. It was that odd but silly feeling. As we continued texting, she explained how he just follows her around looking at her with his brown eyes gazing up at her. And that is the classic Benjamin falling in love insignia. Yup, that is Benny.

Then she shot me the photo seen here. (When Ben brings you his puffy it's like there is no turning back. He's all yours.) And that is when I know that I have officially lost my baby to another woman! Fortunately, Benjamin still has plenty of love for me when I get home from work. Benny is so full of love that there is always plenty of Benny love to go around. That's my boy!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Caption This #189

Here is Henry perched upon a large rock that we have in our front yard. He is aptly attired in his royalty purple harness to look even more kingly.

Anxious to read to your captions on this royal spectacle.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Bark at the Park

Friday night, was Bark at the Park night for our local minor league baseball team. It was a night that I had been looking forward to ever since I left the ballpark after taking Henry to his first game last year.

This year, it was a gorgeous evening so we were able to take all 3 pugs without having to worry about them getting too hot.

For some odd reason, Benjamin preferred to sit in the aisle. Since we were pretty high up it didn't matter much because there weren't too many people trying to pass.

Luna was the only one that like to seat on the bleacher. She looked very cute sitting on the bench surveying all the people and dogs below her.

All in all, I think the pugs had a great time. After about the 2nd inning I was really wishing I had brought one of dog beds for the pugs. Couldn't you just see the pugs sitting in one of their beds on the bleachers. It would be like their very own seat cushion.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Benjamin in Wonderland?

I must confess that I needed a little bit of outside help when compiling this post. On April 14th, I posted a blog called Pug Sized. Well, in this post, I feel like either "Honey I Blew Up the Benny!" or "Honey, I Shrunk the Fire Hydrant!" Then I was thinking of that song "Go Ask Alice" and knew something along the lines that there was a link to Alice in Wonderland. Alice apparently eats a bite of chocolate and either grows or shrinks depending on which piece she eats.

So, here we have Benjamin in Wonderland. It seems that Benny ate the special chocolate to make him be bigger than the fire hydrant when before he was about the same size. Now he towers over the hydrant. Whoa! (The obvious reality is that we actually 2 turquoise colored fire hydrants. One is quite small and the other is Benjamin sized.)

In an honorable spoof of the lyrics to Jefferson Airplane's 'Go Ask Alice'....one hydrant made Benny larger and one hydrant made him small and the one that he gets to pee on doesn't do anything at all. That is about where the comparison ends, of course. There are no Mad Hatters, Caterpillars, disappearing cats or white rabbits. Its just Benny and the big and small hydrants.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Mimo

Do you remember Mimo? In 2007 we planted a Mimosa seed and were pleased as punch when it actually sprouted. A little over four years later, Mimo provides wonderful shade in the backyard. It is perfect for the pugs.

Here are a few shots of Mimo over the years: April 2007, June 2008 and April 2009.